KYMN in Portland, Oregon wasn’t around very long as a Top 40 station. It took over from KGON in August, 1964, and broadcast Top 40 until September 18, 1967, when they switched to a “Beautiful Music” format. Currently it’s KXET that has a Russian-language Christian format. Here’s KYMN’s Top Ten for December 19, 1964, 58 years ago yesterday.
- Dave Clark Five, “Anyway You Want It”
- The Detergents, “Leader of the Laundromat”
- Dick and DeeDee, “Thou Shalt Not Steal”
- Bobby Vinton, “Mr. Lonely”
- The Impressions, “Amen”
- The Larks, “The Jerk”
- The Supremes, “Come See About Me”
- The Searchers, “Love Potion Number Nine”
- Sue Thompson, “Paper Tiger”
- The Beatles, “I Feel Fine”/”She’s A Woman”
And that’s Top Ten Tuesday for December 20, 2022.
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I had cousins who loved Motown and The Supremes, so I remember “Come See About Me” like it hit the charts yesterday. They played those songs to death.
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That’s a surprisingly easy thing to do….
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I was 6 months old looking at the lights on the Christmas tree. Some of these I never heard of like laundry but love Love Potion and, of vourse the Beatles
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“Leader of the Laundromat” was a spoof, but you probably figured that out…
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Graduated college in Dec. 1964. These were radio songs since I started my first Job on January 1st
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This was around the time I started listening to the radio. A couple of them were new to me.
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Great selection! Some of these songs seem so long ago and others seem like yesterday.
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Music is like that. There are some songs that still sound good after 60 years, and others, not so much….
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Yep!
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